2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
€466,714
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€3,525,950
Entries
727
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000

Counts from Level 5

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Craig Varnell us
Craig Varnell
62,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Peter Eichhardt se
Peter Eichhardt
42,000
-8,000
-8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Ryan Franklin us
Ryan Franklin
42,000
6,000
6,000
Maxim Lykov ru
Maxim Lykov
40,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Lander Lijo es
Lander Lijo
40,000
5,000
5,000
Andrey Andreev ru
Andrey Andreev
34,000
4,000
4,000
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
32,000
12,000
12,000
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
24,000
5,300
5,300
$25K Fantasy
Dinesh Alt ch
Dinesh Alt
19,000
3,000
3,000
Stephen Woodhead gb
Stephen Woodhead
7,500
-22,500
-22,500
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
6,000
-13,000
-13,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Banic Takes from Panyak

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

On the three-way flop of {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}, Maxim Panyak bet 2,150 from early position and Ivan Banic called whereas the third player in the hand folded. The {K-Spades} turn saw Panyak check and call a bet worth 5,700 before checking again the {10-Hearts} river. Banic now made it 12,800 to go and that forced a fold from Panyak.

While the duo remains with the biggest stacks at the table, Ema Zajmovic is not far behind and they also face the likes of Andre Akkari and [Removed:17] as well.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Banic hr
Ivan Banic
82,000
27,000
27,000
Run It Once
Maxim Panyak ru
Maxim Panyak
65,000
65,000
65,000
Ema Zajmovic ba
Ema Zajmovic
60,000
5,000
5,000
WPT 1X Winner
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
33,000
1,000
1,000
[Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
17,500
-2,500
-2,500

Tags: Andre AkkariEma ZajmovicIvan BanicMaxim Panyak

Schemion Eliminates Erdat

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

With a completed board of {8-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{10-Spades}{4-Diamonds}, Schemion shoved his last 16,000 in the middle, around a pot-sized bet. Serhal Erdat played slightly less than that and ended up calling the shove.

The German showed {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} for a straight, Erdat mucked and headed for the rail. Schemion is up to 48,000.

Player Chips Progress
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
48,000
28,000
28,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Serhal Erdat be
Serhal Erdat
Busted

Tags: Ole Schemion

Lena Doubles Through Grafton

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

On a {2-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{3-Clubs} flop, Giovanni Lena committed his stack of 18,000 to the pot and Sam Grafton looked him up.

Giovanni Lena: {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Sam Grafton: {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}

Grafton had plenty of outs to knock out Lena, but the {10-Hearts} and {A-Diamonds} river bricked for the Brit. Lena quickly ran over to a neighboring table and loudly celebrated the double-up.

Player Chips Progress
Giovanni Lena it
Giovanni Lena
55,000
24,000
24,000
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
30,000
-40,000
-40,000

Tags: Giovanni LenaSam Grafton

More Eliminations Coming In

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Among those to join the list of today's casualties were Joao Simao, Scott Margereson, Vladimir Troyanovskiy and Claas Segebrecht. Freddy Deeb had been nursing a short stack for quite some time and ran out of chips as well.

Player Chips Progress
Joao Simao br
Joao Simao
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Scott Margereson gb
Scott Margereson
Busted
WPT 1X Winner
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
Busted
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Andrei Konopelko by
Andrei Konopelko
Busted
Claas Segebrecht de
Claas Segebrecht
Busted
Michael Ho us
Michael Ho
Busted
Dominykas Karmazinas lt
Dominykas Karmazinas
Busted

Tags: Claas SegebrechtFreddy DeebJoao SimaoScott MargeresonVladimir Troyanovskiy

Alkalay Doubles

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Uruguayan high roller Francisco Benitez opened the action from middle position with a raise to 1,000. Adi Alkalay, like Benitez in middle position, three-bet to 3,200 and just Benitez called.

Benitez check-called a bet of 2,800 on {J-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and the {9-Hearts} hit the turn. That card would proof to a big one, as the money was soon going in. Benitez check-raised Alkalay's 6,300 bet to 13,600 and called the shove for 34,850 total.

Adi Alkalay: {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}
Francisco Benitez: {10-Spades}{8-Spades}

The river {6-Spades} paired the board, giving Alkalay the winning full house. Benitez parted ways with a large portion of his stack.

Tags: Francisco BenitezAdi Alkalay

Aido Ran Down

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Sergio Aido opened for a raise and got one caller before the big blind shoved all in for just 6,575. Aido reraised to chase away the third player and get heads up.

Aido: {a-Spades}{10-Clubs}
Big blind: {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}

The {7-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} flop was safe enough for Aido, but a {10-Diamonds} opened up a possible flush. The {4-Diamonds} completed it, and Aido sent over a double.

Player Chips Progress
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
16,000
-8,000
-8,000
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Sergio Aido

Aldemir Well Under Half a Starting Stack

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Koray Aldemir bet 1,900 into a pot of 5,500 on a {4-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{10-Hearts} board, and Noah Vaillancourt, who had checked in middle position, called him. Vaillancourt checked the {6-Diamonds} river, and Aldemir bet again for 5,000. Vaillancourt responded with an all-in shove, and Aldemir dumped his holding after briefly thinking.

Player Chips Progress
Noah Vaillancourt ca
Noah Vaillancourt
49,500
19,500
19,500
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
9,000
-21,000
-21,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Koray AldemirNoah Vaillancourt

Delgado Decimates Cody

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Jake Cody
Jake Cody

Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody had to part with 90% of his stack after a massive clash with Vicente Delgado. With the board reading {Q-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{8-Spades}{4-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}, Cody had checked to his adversary. Delgado went all in for 40,875 total, an overbet to the 35,000 pot.

Cody tanked for several minutes and eventually made the call with {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} for just second pair. It was a brave hero-call from the Brit, but Delgado held {4-Clubs}{4-Spades} for the turned set of fours to launch himself up the leaderboard. After the dust had settled, Cody was left with just 12 big blinds.

Player Chips Progress
Vicente Delgado es
Vicente Delgado
115,000
72,000
72,000
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
5,000
-37,000
-37,000

Tags: Jake CodyVicente Delgado

Muratovic and Yan Among Next Casualties

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Several of the early big stacks have plummeted in the counts and fell down to starting stack or even below that. As for [Removed:17] and Elvin Muratovic, they are done for the day and may jump in one of the several side events still.

Player Chips Progress
Peter Eichhardt se
Peter Eichhardt
104,000
62,000
62,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Paul-Francois Tedeschi fr
Paul-Francois Tedeschi
48,000
5,000
5,000
Alin Grasu ro
Alin Grasu
47,000
16,000
16,000
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
36,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once
Peter Chan hk
Peter Chan
34,000
-3,250
-3,250
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
34,000
4,000
4,000
Jaka Coaching
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
26,000
-25,300
-25,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Ali Reza Fatehi ir
Ali Reza Fatehi
20,000
-22,000
-22,000
[Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
Busted
Elvin Muratovic ba
Elvin Muratovic
Busted

Tags: Elvin Muratovic